Author: Sage
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Finding Humanity in Loss: Reflections on Community, Pain, and Resilience in the Houseless World
Being banned from Facebook is a little bit like losing my community. Yes. It’s toxic,. It’s frustrating. But it was also beautiful, supportive and inspirational. But I am always thankful to lose things in that it helps me connect in a small way with others who have lost everything. The death of a child, the…
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And Now I’ve Been Banned From Nextdoor
I’m not going to lie. Getting banned from all these social media channels has done wonders for my mental health. I think I had an unhealthy relationship with all of them. Sage’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Now I’ve been…
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From Bench to Breakthrough: Crystal’s Journey of Resilience and Hope
I hardly know where to start with this story. Each of these leads are so powerful I don’t know which is the best hook to start this story off. I guess it’s a story of triumph over tragedy. Subscribe now Let’s go back to last summer… Crystal was pregnant and sleeping on a bench in…
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Sage’s AI Archive Bot
I want to show you an AI bot I made all around my life. It’s my AI Archive. It has my entire blogging history (back to 2005), the three books I have written, my entire Facebook timeline (1477 posts), and anecdotal stories about my life. (I intend to transcribe all my podcasts as well.) I…
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BAD DOG FACTORY IS OFFICIALLY OPEN!
Donate $35 or more in the next two weeks and get a free Bad Dog Factory t-shirt made by the Bad Dog Factory crew. (offer ends Tuesday, September 10, 2024). With a tremendous amount of help and resilience, I am thrilled to announce that we have officially opened the Bad Dog Factory, a makerspace dedicated to…
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Podcast: They Pulled Another Gun On Me
In this episode, Sage shares two intense and deeply personal encounters that highlight the challenges and dangers of working with houseless communities. Sage recounts recent incidents where he was threatened by individuals with guns while simply trying to provide basic necessities, such as water and supplies, to those in need. These experiences lead him to…
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Burning Rage: The Heartbreaking Cycle of Arson and Despair in Our Community
This is a photo of Randy’s shed raging in flames. This happened yesterday, I believe: It was located on the Church of the Nomadic Spirit land (probably 20 feet from where Hermaine was shot and killed). He used it to store bicycles. I wasn’t there when the fire happened. In fact, no one even mentioned…
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The Spiritual Path Is Personal
As I was standing before a powerfully beautiful shrine in Tokyo I felt nothing. It was a hot, crowded Sunday morning. You would think that would make things worse. But suffering of any sort often helps me find a connection. I might think it’s simply because I’m from the west and I’m not tuned into…
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Boarding Up Our House
Yesterday we boarded up all the windows on our house that shelters homeless people. Today I will be finishing that work on boarding up the doors. I will also be signing a no trespassing document so the police can arrest anyone at the house from this point forward. In all the years I’ve done this…
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This is what burning wire looks like.
Here’s what the smoke looks like when you burn wire. It’s dense, dark and smells like cancer. I took this picture just now. Our neighbors were yelling out their windows about the smoke. I was yelling about burning wire on my property. This is one of the reasons we are boarding up this house next…
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SATM Podcast 122 Donald Trump is Going To Be The Next President of the United States
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 122 Based on the CNN Donald Trump Town Hall, Donald Trump is as good as ever. His base loves him. And Joe Biden is no match for this guy.
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Suzanne Thomas was found dead in a scrapyard in Canton April 26 2023.
Suzanne Thomas was found dead in a scrapyard in Canton April 26 2023. I’ve been meaning to talk about this for some time. But it’s a bit of a difficult subject for me. Suzanne was a close friend of our homeless community. She lived at our tent village for quite some time. She also was…
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5 People Have Already Moved Into This Church
We’ve been starting to clean out this church. It has sat completely empty for years. Random people come and go. But nothing really significant was happening there. Within a couple weeks of us working in the church we now have no less than 5 people living in this church. How could it go from having…
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Jordan Neely, Homelessness and Mental Illness
I hope you have had a chance to read about Jordan Neely. He was the mentally ill, Black, homeless man that was choked to death on a New York subway by a blond Marine man. Every one of those details matter to the story. Race, mental illness, inner city, homelessness, gender. All these things matter.…
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SATM Podcast 121: I Lost My Election Biggly
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 121 We’re going to look at my election for Akron city council and why I lost so spectacularly. We’ll also look at who won and who else lost. I’d like to talk a little about where I’m thinking about going from here.
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I React To Jordan Neely, a New York City Homeless Man, Being Choked To Death on the Subway
This is the original video: https://fb.watch/kjoDdWC4Fi/
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I Lost
I’m sorry. I tried really hard. And I know that there are some people that wanted to see me win. But clearly, most of Ward 8 did not see it that way. That’s fine. I absolutely respect their decision. This is not the first time I’ve lost. Far from it. I’ve lost more times than…
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SATM Podcast 120: Insanity In Akron
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 120 We are going to look at the forced mental health treatment courts in Akron Ohio.
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A Freighter Full Of Hope
Something I don’t currently talk much about (because there is so much else to discuss) is my deep love of technology. I am currently obsessed with AI and what it means for the future of humanity. Here is an image I created with an AI image creator called Midjourney. The prompt I gave it was:…
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Akron: You are radicalizing your Black community.
Here’s a picture of me and Imokhai Okolo. It was taken in mid-March of this year. Imokhai has been betrayed by his city. Jayland Walker was murdered in extreme cold blood with 94 bullets all meant for his unarmed body. The city of Akron did something similar to Imokhai. They looked to destroy his character.…